Section 30-22c - Juice bars. Notification of local police re scheduled events. Requirements. Penalties(a) As used in this section: (1) "Juice bar or similar facility" means an area within permit premises in which nonalcoholic beverages are served to minors; and (2) "Permit premises" means the premises operated under (A) a cafe permit issued under subsection (c) of section 30-22a, or (B) a cafe permit for wine, beer and cider issued under section 2 of this act.(b) The holder of a cafe permit issued under subsection (c) of section 30-22a or a cafe permit for wine, beer and cider issued under section 2 of this act may operate a juice bar or similar facility at permit premises if the juice bar or similar facility is limited to a room or rooms or separate area within the permit premises wherein there is no sale, consumption, dispensing or presence of alcoholic liquor.(c) The holder of a cafe permit issued under subsection (c) of section 30-22a or a cafe permit for wine, beer and cider issued under section 2 of this act shall provide advance written notice to the chief law enforcement officer of the town in which the permit premises is located of the specific dates and hours of any scheduled event at which such permit premises, or any portion thereof, will be used to operate a juice bar or similar facility. Such notice shall be sent (1) by certified mail, or by electronic mail to the designated electronic mail address for the chief law enforcement officer, and (2) in a manner so that such notice is received by such chief law enforcement officer not less than five days, and not more than thirty days, prior to the date of such scheduled event. The chief law enforcement officer of the town in which such permit premises is located may designate one or more law enforcement officers to attend any such scheduled event at the cost of such permit holder.(d) Nothing in this section shall exempt the holder of a cafe permit issued under subsection (c) of section 30-22a or a cafe permit for wine, beer and cider issued under section 2 of this act from compliance with any other provisions of the general statutes or regulations of Connecticut state agencies concerning minors, including, but not limited to, the prohibition against the sale of alcoholic liquor to minors. The presence of alcoholic liquor or the sale or dispensing to or consumption of alcoholic liquor by a minor at a juice bar or similar facility is prohibited.(e) A permittee or agent or employee of a permittee who operates a juice bar or similar facility at a permit premises may serve alcoholic liquor during the hours of operation of such juice bar or similar facility only to a person who is twenty-one years of age or older and who is wearing a conspicuous wristband that has been issued to the person wearing it by the permittee or agent or employee of the permittee to indicate that the permittee or agent or employee of the permittee has verified that such person is twenty-one years of age or older.(f) Any permittee or agent or employee of a permittee convicted of a violation of any provision of this section shall (1) (A) for a first offense, be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars, (B) for a second offense, be fined not more than five thousand dollars, and (C) for a third or subsequent offense, be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or (2) be imprisoned not more than one year for a first, second, third or subsequent offense, or (3) be both fined and imprisoned.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 30-22c
( May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 , S. 85 ; P.A. 05-91 , S. 1 ; P.A. 14-181 , S. 1 .)
Amended by P.A. 24-0085,S. 7 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by P.A. 22-0104, S. 12 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 5/24/2022.Amended by P.A. 21-0037, S. 58 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by P.A. 14-0181, S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2014. See Sec. 30-22a re cafe permit.